Faculty and research experts at the University of Kentucky (UK) are available to speak to the news media about a variety of topics ranging from finance and economics to literature and the arts. Members of the media wishing to interview or consult with
these individuals should call (859) 257-1754.

Francie Chassen-Lopez,Professor, Department of History and Support Faculty, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International CommerceContact Phone(s): (859) 257-4344E-mail:frclopz@uky.eduSpecialization:

Latin American History
Modern Mexico
Women and Gender in Latin America Race
Ethnicity in the Americas

Early Medieval Europe (especially legal history)
Carolingian empire
Early medieval and late antique intellectual and cultural history
Canon law
Early medieval biblical exegesis
Textual transmission and manuscript studies

Modern British history
The land question in Britain and the Empire (c. 1850-1914)
Citizenship and the state in Britain (1832-present)
British political culture in the late-Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras

David Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Chair of Catholic Studies with Joint appointment in the Departments of History and Modern and ClassicalContact Phone(s): (859) 257-7016E-mail:david.hunter@uky.eduSpecialization:

Catholic thought, history and literature
Augustine and other early Christian writers, especially the Latin Fathers
History of clerical celibacy

Karen Petrone, Associate Professor, Department of History and Support Faculty, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International CommerceContact Phone(s): (859) 257-4345E-mail:petrone@uky.eduSpecialization:

Cultural and gender history in modern Russia and the former Soviet Union

European and British History
Popular and government reform of the criminal justice system in England
Public perceptions of criminality and gender
Criminality in consumer culture
Development of nationalism
International political movements against violence

Resistance and the social justice revolutions within the historic African American community
African American history
20th century United States history
Black Panther Party
Black Power/Civil Rights movements

Sadia Zoubir-Shaw, Associate Professor of French and Linguistics, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Division of French and ItalianContact Phone(s): (859) 257-5729E-mail:szoubir@uky.edu or szs.shaw@gmail.comSpecialization:

David Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Chair of Catholic Studies with Joint appointment in the Departments of History and Modern and ClassicalContact Phone(s): (859) 257-7016E-mail:david.hunter@uky.eduSpecialization:

Catholic thought, history and literature
Augustine and other early Christian writers, especially the Latin Fathers
History of clerical celibacy

History and theory of women’s rhetoric
History of rhetoric.
American religious rhetoric
Rhetorical analysis
History of efforts to integrate speaking and writing instruction in American colleges and universities in the 20th century